HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THURSDAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2042, 8 August 1885, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THURSDAY.

The House met at half-past two p.m. The following Bills woie introduced:— ProjuMty Law Consolidation Act, 1883, Amendment Hill (Mr Tole), Bankruptcy Act, 18i>.*, Amcndmpnt Bill (Mr Tol»), Auckhnd H übmir Hill (Mr Tole). Mi Bcotham moved th.it in the opinion of this House pio\iM<iu should be mad* by legislature foi the payment of witnesie* for defendants in criminal ca^e^. — — ■* Mr Tole iaid he had given the matter serious consideiatton, but he thought it would involve the country in very heavy expendttme, which the House would not •sanction. The debate was interrupted by the halfpast five adjournment. The House resumed at half-pvit seven p in.' The Employmi ut of Females and Other* Act Vinendnient Bill was lecotnmitted for couvidci.ition ofcl.uiso 2. An auuMidnicnt was proposed, limiting tho opoiation of the Act to the Nelson distuct, but it w«i- negatived on the voices. Mr Keddon moved th.it an addition be mide to the cluise, " piovided that females and young peisoiis shall not be made to woik for more than ten hours per day." Agieed to. Mr Saddon moved a further provision, " That no w ork shall be done before six a.m. nor aftci eight p.m. Agieed to. The Bill was reported with amendment*, read a thud time, and passed. The Financial Anangeinents Act Amendment Bill was reported, read a third time, :md passed Mr L"u"-ta,'n moved the second reading of the Adulteration Act Extension Bill. Agreed to. Mil (Jeoige (irey moved the second reading of the Lues of Children Preservation Bill. He said his attention had been called for >ears to the fact that a, considerable mitnbei of children died eveiy year from eating poisonous matches. The number of deaths of childien from this cause wa* larger than the Ho\ise had any idea of, an 1 he considered it a most deploiable thing that innocent childien should suffer in thic way. He contended that the sale of thetfl poisonous matches, should be absolutely piolnbited. Mi Ken said that there weie far mor* childitu dostioycd by falling down well* and by being sutlded than by eating matches. He moved that the bill be reaa th.it day si\ months. The motion for the second reading wm earned on a division by 24 to 20. Sn (! (ircy moved the second reading of the Elective Justices of the Peace Bill. Mr Tole supported the Bill as a private iiiembei, not as a member of the Government. Mr Samuel icgiettedth.it Mr Toles experience as a Minister was Mich as to mak« him get nd of this responsibility. H« hoped the Bill would not paxs. Mr Biuce intended voting against the second leading. The system had been made in Anicuci, and it had destroyed the independence of the Bench. The motion for the second reading was lost by 31 to 1"). Sn <J. Urey moved the second reading of the Contempt ot Courts Bill. The object of the Bill was t<> hunt the extraordinary power at present possessed by the Judge* in leference to contempt of Court. The motion for the second leading wa* lost by 2(> to 1!>. SiitJ. (I ivy moved the second reading of the Enfoicements of Judgments Bill. The motion for the second icadine wa* carried on the voices. The House went into committee on the Mining Companies .Vet Amendment Bill, which passed vv ith bhjjit; amendments and soni'» additional clauses. The Bill was ropotted with amendments, read a third time, and passed. Sit (i. (Jiey moved the second reading of tin 1 Limitations of Oaths Bill. He .said tho subject had been so frequently discun.sed in the IFou'-e that he could not throw any additional light on it. The motion fin the second reading wa* can led by 20 to 12. Mr Downu' Stewart moved the second readmit of the P.uvnbiokers Act Amend* mi-lit Bill, the object of which was to reduce the rates of interest on pawned good*. Mr \V. \\ lute moved the adjournment of the debate. Agieed to. The House t'ose at twenty minutes to on*. / FRIDAY. The HoHsefmet at 2 30 p.m. Mr BilhncJ moved the second reading of the Native Land Court Consolidation Bill. He said he hoped theie would be no nbirction to lefpinng the bill to the Natire Attain Committee, aftei which its principles could be di^nus'-ed. Mi Biyce agreed that the bill was a consolid ition mcasiiie, and it was not nccessaiy to discuss it now. .\.ftcr some discu^ion tho bill was read * second tune and referred to the Native AfF.uii Conunittee. The Cm oners Act Amendment Bill, providing that tho number of coioner's juries be si\ and a vcidict of four sutticient, and the R ibbit Nuisance Act Continuance Bi'l weie lead a second tune. Sir J. Vogel moved the second reading of the Customs and Excise Duties Bill, which prov ided for civ ing effect to the resolutions passed by the Committee of Ways and Mean*, and for tho charge made in the excise duty on tobacco. Mr Moss moved that the House should, on the Hth inst, resolve itself into a conj*.nntteo of the wholej^ confer tlnv-^bndi-tiou of the countr/y. Mr Wakeheld <>/bjected to the bill aa a protective measu/e. The debate vjras mteirupted by the 5.30 adjournment. f * The Housoiehumed at 7. 30 p.m. Mr Poacocik continued tho debate on the Customs ajnd Excise Duties Bill and fovoured ths propo&nl of duty on imported colonial niarjiiifactnie tobacco. Mr Biyce /elt that the colony was not maa position tomtciease the duties. Mi Holtne^i thought tho amendment in opportune a,s $he colony should not take t«o gloomy a \ iew of its position. Sii Julius Vogel replied. The motion for the becond readinr was can led on the voices. The public Reserves Act Amendment Bill, (Jold Arming Distnots Act AmendBill, Shipping and Seaman's Act Amendment Bill, and the Middle Island H.ilf-caste til ant Bill weie lead n second time. Mi Tole mov ed the second leading of the Rating Act Amendment Bill which took aw .tv from the Public Tnistee jKiwer to well land for non-paMiient of l^tos, and vesting the pmu'is in the registrars of the Supreme Couit. Mr Tolo moved the second reading of the Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Bill, which was mainly a consolidation bill, with anew clause added, making it cninpulsoiy for justices to attend to court. The second leading was earned. The Houm) went into committee on the Fisheries Bill. Sitting.)

A L v\v has been enacted by the Alt. bania Lcgislatmc fining a man £20 if be gets di unk out of his own house. A oorsiv of the Earl of Shrewsbury, after i mining tlnough a fortune in a few months in Ainciica, become a common tiamp, anil has just died in a deplorable condition. Those who had fattened on Ins wealth shunned him iv his poverty. A\ English clergyman ha-j hit upon »n excellent plan of leducmg the number of public houses in his paiihh. He has bought a beer-shop tnd closed the pre mises, and his chief work in the future will be to prevent another houie being opened in its place.